Elliott Negin
@ejnegin.bsky.social
Executive editor of Money Trail on Substack. Former American Journalism Review managing editor, Nuclear Times and Public Citizen magazine editor, NPR editor, and HuffPost contributor. Columbia J School alum.
New from Money Trail: Economist Dean Baker says no matter how the Trump administration spins it, the latest jobs report was not good news. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...
On the Money: Making Sense of the Latest Jobs Numbers
The September report shows a weakening labor market
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December 2, 2025 at 2:44 PM
New from Money Trail: Economist Dean Baker says no matter how the Trump administration spins it, the latest jobs report was not good news. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...
New from Money Trail: Trump is the Grinch who stole Thanksgiving. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trumps-war...
Trump’s War on Thanksgiving
Thanksgiving depends on pollinators. Trump is trying to kill them.
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November 25, 2025 at 6:01 PM
New from Money Trail: Trump is the Grinch who stole Thanksgiving. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trumps-war...
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
Trail Notes
Trump's Saudipalooza / Trump family Saudi deals / Trump hissy fit / NIH trial cuts / Swiss gold gifts / Blaming immigrants for beef prices / Mike Flynn's $50m settlement
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November 21, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
New from Money Trail: While everyone is fixated on the Epstein files, the Trump administration is gutting our environmental safeguards. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
The Fight for Clean Water: Majesty or Madness
The Trump administration is hell-bent on reversing the progress we’ve made
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November 20, 2025 at 3:33 PM
New from Money Trail: While everyone is fixated on the Epstein files, the Trump administration is gutting our environmental safeguards. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/the-fight-...
New from Money Trail: Economist Dean Baker says the news media’s economics reporting misinforms the public. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...
On the Money: Bad Economics Coverage Enables Trump, Threatens Democracy
New York Times coverage of Trump budget cuts is emblematic of the media’s failure
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November 18, 2025 at 3:02 PM
New from Money Trail: Economist Dean Baker says the news media’s economics reporting misinforms the public. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
Trail Notes
Epstein strikes back / Food safety spoiled / Hemp takes a hit / Tariff rebate ruse / 50-year mortgage? / Kristi Noem's gliders / $2b Pentagon name change / Labor pains
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November 18, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
New from Money Trail: House Speaker Mike Johnson bears false witness regularly, just like his boss (who says the Bible is his favorite book). themoneytrail.substack.com/p/liars-damn...
Liars, Damn Liars, and House Speaker Mike Johnson
A devout evangelical Christian, Johnson routinely breaks the Ten Commandments
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November 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM
New from Money Trail: House Speaker Mike Johnson bears false witness regularly, just like his boss (who says the Bible is his favorite book). themoneytrail.substack.com/p/liars-damn...
New from Money Trail: Economist Dean Baker assesses what the NYC mayor-elect will be able to do. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...
On the Money: A Prescription for Mamdani
Progressives like the mayor-elect have to harness the power of the market, not fight it
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November 10, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New from Money Trail: Economist Dean Baker assesses what the NYC mayor-elect will be able to do. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
Trail Notes
FBI's revolving door / Tariffs on trial / Filibuster bust / Ballroom swamp / No pie for T day / America's not-so-golden age / Trump's autopardon / Musk strikes more gold
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November 7, 2025 at 4:29 PM
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
New from Money Trail: Science writer John Horgan talks about how a new book, “The Arrogant Ape,” relates to Donald Trump and his coterie of sycophants. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
The Rise of the Arrogant Apes
What can save us from the arrogant apes in Silicon Valley and Washington, D.C.?
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November 5, 2025 at 2:53 PM
New from Money Trail: Science writer John Horgan talks about how a new book, “The Arrogant Ape,” relates to Donald Trump and his coterie of sycophants. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/the-rise-o...
New from Money Trail: Economist Dean Baker says Donald Trump is clueless about the economy. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...
On the Money: Trying to Make Sense of Trump’s Economics of Crazy
Anyone looking for coherence is searching for something that’s not there
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November 3, 2025 at 2:51 PM
New from Money Trail: Economist Dean Baker says Donald Trump is clueless about the economy. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
Trail Notes
Trump tariff ad meltdown / SCOTUS tariff time / Kash's FBI jetaway / $7b shutdown hit / SNAP benefits battle / Soybean farmer Bessent / Donald Jr. cashes in yet again
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October 31, 2025 at 3:35 PM
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
New from Money Trail: Missile defense expert David Wright critiques the Pentagon’s complaints about the new suspense thriller “A House of Dynamite.” themoneytrail.substack.com/p/q-and-a-wh...
Q&A: Who Got It Right? “House of Dynamite” or the Pentagon?
A leading missile defense expert dissects the film—and the Pentagon’s response
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October 30, 2025 at 2:35 PM
New from Money Trail: Missile defense expert David Wright critiques the Pentagon’s complaints about the new suspense thriller “A House of Dynamite.” themoneytrail.substack.com/p/q-and-a-wh...
New from Money Trail: The Dodgers, Blue Jays and four other MLB playoff teams are sponsored by some of the biggest polluters on the planet and the banks that finance them. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/memo-to-do...
Memo to Dodgers and Blue Jays: Stop Playing Ball with Big Oil
This year’s World Series rivals and four other MLB playoff teams have commercial tie-ins with companies that are fueling the climate crisis
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October 28, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New from Money Trail: The Dodgers, Blue Jays and four other MLB playoff teams are sponsored by some of the biggest polluters on the planet and the banks that finance them. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/memo-to-do...
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
Trail Notes
Trashing the East Wing / Trump's $230m shakedown / Crypto pardon with benefits / Trump family crypto hustle / Kristi and the jets / ICE packs heat / Trump boom a bust
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October 24, 2025 at 2:34 PM
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
New from Money Trail: Donald Trump borrowed a page from Josef Stalin’s authoritarian playbook by favoring loyalty over expertise. Will the results be as catastrophic? themoneytrail.substack.com/p/back-to-th...
Back to the USSR: Shades of Stalin in the USA
What a 1939 Soviet debate tells us about the Trump administration’s attack on science
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October 23, 2025 at 2:41 PM
New from Money Trail: Donald Trump borrowed a page from Josef Stalin’s authoritarian playbook by favoring loyalty over expertise. Will the results be as catastrophic? themoneytrail.substack.com/p/back-to-th...
New from Money Trail: Republicans who want to repeal Obamacare hope Americans won’t remember how bad things were before it was enacted. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...
On the Money: Remember the GOP’s Health Care Glory Days?
Republicans want us to believe health insurance was great before the Affordable Care Act came along
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October 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
New from Money Trail: Republicans who want to repeal Obamacare hope Americans won’t remember how bad things were before it was enacted. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
Trail Notes
GOP brass bash "No Kings" / Bessent's pals cash in / Sweet TikTok deal / Donald Jr.'s grifty pitch / Republican buys Dominion / Airports nix Noem video / Sunsetting solar
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October 17, 2025 at 2:42 PM
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New from Money Trail: President Trump issued a Columbus Day proclamation that presented a wildly distorted version of history. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/goodbye-co...
Goodbye Columbus
Sorry Mr. President, Columbus didn’t discover America—and he was no hero
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October 16, 2025 at 2:37 PM
New from Money Trail: President Trump issued a Columbus Day proclamation that presented a wildly distorted version of history. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/goodbye-co...
New from Money Trail: Economist Dean Baker takes a close look at how The Washington Post opinion section downplayed the impact of Trump’s tariffs. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...
On the Money: The Washington Post’s Blind Spot on Trump's Tariffs
A guest columnist launches a misguided attack on economic predictions
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October 14, 2025 at 2:39 PM
New from Money Trail: Economist Dean Baker takes a close look at how The Washington Post opinion section downplayed the impact of Trump’s tariffs. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
Trail Notes
Bari Weiss at CBS News / Trump's socialism / New ICE ad campaign / Soybean farmer bailout / Trump's mug on a $1 coin / ACA bargaining chip / Big truck tariff
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October 10, 2025 at 3:36 PM
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
New from Money Trail: Right-wing media company PragerU, which promotes a distorted view of history, is partnering with the Trump administration and school systems in 10 states. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/prageru-ma...
PragerU May Soon Be Whitewashing History at a School Near You
The right-wing media company has partnerships in 10 states and plans to expand
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October 9, 2025 at 2:38 PM
New from Money Trail: Right-wing media company PragerU, which promotes a distorted view of history, is partnering with the Trump administration and school systems in 10 states. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/prageru-ma...
New from Money Trail: Renewables are the solution for cutting electricity costs and protecting the climate. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...
On the Money: We Can Address Affordability and the Climate Crisis at the Same Time
Renewables are now the cheapest source of electricity worldwide
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September 29, 2025 at 1:57 PM
New from Money Trail: Renewables are the solution for cutting electricity costs and protecting the climate. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/on-the-mon...
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
Trail Notes
Trump's U.N. buffoonery / Tech billionaire media takeover / Homan cashes in / Shutdown blame game / Rudy takes another hit / No SEC fines for Trump's pals
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September 26, 2025 at 3:37 PM
Check out Randy Rieland’s wrap-up of last week’s highlights and lowlights on Money Trail: themoneytrail.substack.com/p/trail-note...
New from Money Trail: Wind is a cash crop for red state farmers and ranchers. The Trump administration’s assault on renewable energy could undercut Republican prospects in the upcoming election. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/red-state-...
Red State Farmers Embrace Wind While Trump Tries to Kill It
The Trump administration’s attack on renewables could backfire in the next election
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September 24, 2025 at 2:20 PM
New from Money Trail: Wind is a cash crop for red state farmers and ranchers. The Trump administration’s assault on renewable energy could undercut Republican prospects in the upcoming election. themoneytrail.substack.com/p/red-state-...